Creative Classrooms news

February - Key Stage 1 & 2 book reviews from the team at Seven Stories

Lisa Hall, Year 6 teacher and Cultural Lead at Cragside primary schools blog post about putting children at the heart of the creative process.

Year 6 pupils from Cragside primary school performing The Tempest at Northern Stage | Photo credit: Jay Bushby, Listen and Like 

If you're looking for more information about using quality principals here are two downloadable PDF's

Artsmark quality principles

Quality principles toolkit

Here are some interesting articles, reports and recommendations with regards to creativity and education policy

Arts Council England - Great Art and Culture for Everyone 

Arts Council England - The Cultural Education Challenge

Arts Council England - Shaping the next ten years

Durham Commission Report on Creativity and Education

Durham Commission Report Recommendations

Ofsted - The Education inspection framework

RSA looks at Ofsted to see if it has created an opportunity for arts education

Cultural Learning Alliance - Briefing on STEAM

Cultural Learning Alliance - Briefing on Employability and Enterprise

Cultural Learning Alliance - Briefing on The arts & Wellbeing 

Cultural Learning Alliance - Briefing on The arts in schools

Cultural Learning Alliance - Key Research findings: The case for cultural learning

Cultural Learning Alliance - Imagine Nation

We are IVE - 10 reasons why arts and culture make a difference to young people’s lives

We are IVE - 6 steps to working with artists in your school

We are IVE - Perspectives form the literature